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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Ceiling
With reference to the word "ceiling…"
The descriptions of Scripture, (1 Kings 6:9,15; 7:3; 2 Chronicles
3:5,9; Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4) and of Josephus, show that the
ceilings of the temple and the palaces of the Jewish kings were formed
of cedar planks applied to the beams or joists crossing from wall to
wall. "Oriental houses seem to have been the reverse of ours, the
ceiling being of wood, richly ornamented, and the floor of plaster or
tiles." Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in
stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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